Art Market Overview: Rosa Bonheur, a Winning Bicentenary?

Published on 18 March 2022, by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

The bicentenary of Rosa Bonheur’s birth in Bordeaux on March 16, 1822 could boost prices for an artist seldom seen on the French market. Fresh interest in realist painting should do the rest.

The record is $773,500, which the 1897 Migration of bison achieved in the United... Art Market Overview: Rosa Bonheur, a Winning Bicentenary?

The record is $773,500, which the 1897 Migration of bison achieved in the United States in 2019.

Until now, her auction results have stood in sharp contrast with the success she enjoyed during her lifetime. The record is $773,500 for 1897 Émigration…

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